Support for a child carrying unit including a carriage body, a chair or the like



D 1965 L. GOTTFRIED ETAL 3,

SUPPORT FOR A CHILD CARRYING UNIT INCLUDING A CARRIAGE BODY, A CHAIR OR THE LIKE Filed March 2, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS LOUIS GOTTFRIED JACOB BERGER ATTORNEY.

1965 L. GOTTFRIED ETAL 3 SUPPORT FOR A CHILD CARRYING UNIT INCLUDING A CARRIAGE BODY, A CHAIR OR THE LIKE Filed March 2, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VE NTORS LOUIS GOTTFRIED JACOB BERGER ATTORNEY.

D 14, 1965 GOTTFRIED ETAL 3,223,431

SUPPORT FOR A CHILD CARRYING UNIT INCLUDING A CARRIAGE BODY, A CHAIR OR THE LIKE Filed March 2, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 I FIG. 12.

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13 IO I3 4 1H ll!" W U INVENTORS V LOUIS GOTTFRIED JACOB BERGER AT TORNE Y.

United States Patent SUPPORT FOR A CHELD CARRYING UNIT IN- CLUDING A CARRIAGE BODY, A CHAIR OR THE LIKE Louis Gottfried, 515 West End Ave., and Jacob Berger,

660 W. 246th St., both of New York, N.Y. Filed Mar. 2, 1964, Ser. No. 348,470 Claims. (Cl. 280-47.38)

The present invention relates to a support for a child carrying unit including a carriage body, a chair or the like, which support itself can be removably secured to a running gear in order to form in its assembled position either a baby carriage, a stroller or the like.

In applicants own prior Patent No. 2,823,067, a support has been disclosed for a carriage body, which support requires, however, additional means for securing the carriage body to the pusher of the carriage, since the support does not provide a sufficient limitation against swinging movements of the carriage body.

It is, therefore, one object of the present invention to provide a support for a child carrying unit comprising a carriage body, which sufiices to constitute the sole support for such body against swinging movements thereof, and which is also designed to be received in channels of a running gear, so that upon sliding said support, into the channels of said running gear, either a carriage body or a chair can be attached to the support, so that a baby carriage or a stroller can be selectively obtained.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a support for a child carrying unit comprising a carriage body and a chair, respectively, which support is slidable into channels of a running gear and comprises two longitudinal members disposed in substantially upwardly directed planes, which longitudinal members include upper arms and lower arms, said arms being spaced apart from each other by means of cross bars, and each upper arm is connected with the corresponding lower arm by a curved portion at its front end and at its rear end, and the oppositely disposed arms maintain the predetermined spacing of the parallel upper arms and parallel lower arms, and finally, the lower arms are cranked outwardly, in order to permit the sliding in of the lower arms of the support into channels of the running gear.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an exploded view of the assembly of a carriage body, a support and a running gear;

FIG. 1a is a perspective view of a chair adapted to be secured to the support selectively with the carriage body;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the support;

FIG. 3 is a front end view of the support;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the support;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the support;

FIG. 6 is a front end view of a chair mounted on a support and the latter mounted on the running gear;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation of the assembly shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a section along the lines 88 of FIG. 7 at an enlarged scale;

FIG. 9 is a side elevation of the assembly shown in FIG. 6, however, indicating two chairs supported in tandem by the support;

FIG. 10 is a side elevation showing again the assembly, however, the chairs being shown such that the front ends thereof oppose each other;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation of the assembly, showing again the chairs such that the backs thereof oppose each other;

3,223,431 Patented Dec. 14, 1965 ice FIG. 16.

Referring now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 to 5, the arrangement designed in accordance with the present invention comprises as its main element a support 1 which is equipped with means for releasably connecting a carriage body 2, while the support itself is mounted on a running gear 3.

The support comprises two substantially O-shaped members 4 and 5 and each of the latter consists of an upper arm 4' and 5', respectively, and a lower arm 4 and 5 respectively, the arms 4' and 4 being connected by curved portions 4 and 5 respectively, in order to maintain the O-shaped members 4 and 5 in a substantially vertical plane and also spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance. Crossbars 6 connect the upper arms 4' and 5', while additional crossbars 7 connect the lower arms 4 and 5 It is an essential feature of the present invention to provide a laterally projected cranked portion 4 and 5 respectively extending for an appreciable length and forming part of the lower arms 4 and 5 respectively. It will be explained further below, that the cranked portions are required, in order to permit a proper mounting of the support 1 on the running gear 3.

The carriage body 2 is of any conventional structure and its structure is not part of the present invention. While different means for releasably securing the carriage body 2 to the support 1 are possible, the same securing means disclosed in applicants own prior Patent No. 2,823,067 has been applied in the present structure. It will, therefore, sufiice, to state that the bottom of the carriage body 2 has secured thereto a rectangular frame Sto which latch members 9 are pivotally attached. The outer circumference of the frame 8 fits exactly into the space between the upper arms 4' and 5 and the cross members 6, which are spaced apart from each other in a complementary manner, so that upon insertion of the frame 8 into this space and turning the latch members 9 outwardly, the carriage body 2 is secured to the support 1.

FIGURE 1 discloses also a conventional running gear 3 including a front axle 1t) and a rear axle 11, which axles 1t and 11 are connected by means of longitudinal rods 12 which support by means of helical springs 13 a frame 14 including longitudinally disposed channels 15 of U cross-section, which channels 15 receive the cranked portions 4 and 5 of the support 1. It is quite apparent that due to the curved end portions of each of the O-shaped members 4 and 5, which are disposed in substantially vertical planes, the lower arms 4 and 5 could not be inserted into the channels 15, since the curved portions 4 and 5 would interfere with such movement. It is for this reason that, in order to mount the support 1 of the structure, as shown in FIG. 1, in the channels 15 of the running gear 3, a portion of the lower arms 4 and 5 are disposed outside of the channels 15, while the cranked portions 4 and 5 can easily be received by the channels 15.

As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the carriage body 2 is properly mounted on the running gear by means of the intermediate support 1.

Referring now to FIG. la, as well as FIGS. 6-11, it will be quite apparent that one or even two chair seats can be mounted on the support 1 instead of the carriage body 2.

FIG. 1a discloses a chair seat 16, equipped in conventional manner with a back and a seat, and the latter can be equipped at its bottom with the frame 8 having latch members 9 pivotally secured thereto, as it is shown in connection with the bottom of the carriage body in FIG. 1, or by other means for the releasable securing of the chair to the support 1, as in particular two crossbars 17, which have bent over ends 18, which ends are equipped with an immovable bolt 19 and a spring-biased bolt 20, respectively. In order to mount a chair seat 16 on the support 1, it is merely required to insert the respective bolts 19 and 20 into corresponding openings 21 and 22, respectively, which are provided in the upper arms 4' and of the support. In this manner, the chair seat 16 can be securely and releasably attached to the top of the support 1, either by means of the crossbars 17 with the respective bolts 19 and 20 or by the arrangement of the frame 8 by means of the latch members 9.

Referring now in particular to FIGS. 9l1, it is clearly disclosed that two chair seats 16 and 16 are mounted in the same manner by means of bolts or by means of the frame 8 on the top of the support 1, as well as by any other suitable means. The chair seats 16 and 16 are shown in FIG. 9 one behind the other, facing forwardly in a tandem arrangement. It is, however, also possible, as shown in FIG. 10, that the front of the chairs face opposite each other, which arrangement provides the possibility that the backs of the chairs can be inclined downwardly and both children occupying the chairs can be in a sleeping position. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, the backs of the chairs may face each other, so that the children occupying the chair seats 16 and 16 are looking in opposite directions.

Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, it will be clearly shown that in the assembled position, the chair 16 is properly and releasably supported on the support 1, while the running gear 3 carries the support 1 by means of the channels 15. In conventional manner, springbiased bolts 23 are also arranged to secure the support in any predetermined position in the channels 15.

While we have disclosed one embodiment of the present invention, it is to be understood, that this embodiment is given by example only and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the present invention being determined by the objects and the claims.

We claim:

1. In combination,

an upper element comprising a child carrying unit,

a support constituting an intermediate element and disposed below said upper element,

means for releasably securing said upper element to said support,

said support comprising two longitudinal members,

each of said members including an upper arm and a lower arm and an end portion connecting each of the front ends and the rear ends of said arms to form two loop members disposed in upwardly directed planes,

at least one spacing bar disposed between said upper arms and between said lower arms, respectively,

a lower element comprising a running gear and including longitudinal channel members,

said lower arms including longitudinal laterally cranked out portions disposed parallel to and spaced apart from said planes for permitting the mounting of .said support in said longitudinal channel members,

and

said channel members receiving releasably said longitudinal portions of said lower arms of said longitudinal members.

2. The combination, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said upper element comprises two chair seats removably disposed on said support one adjacent the other.

3. The combination, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said two chairs are removably disposed in tandem arrangement.

4. The combination, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said two chairs are removably disposed facing each other.

5. The combination, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said two chairs are removably disposed with their backs closely adjacent each other.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,033,859 3/1936 Otte 108l43 X 2,052,915 9/ 1936 Benningfield 297244 X 2,512,995 6/1950 Berger 280-47.38 2,560,458 7/1951 Long et al. 297217 2,643,702 6/1953 Berger 280-4738 2,823,067 2/1958 Gottfried 260-4738 X 2,982,562 5/1961 Gladstein 280-36 FOREIGN PATENTS 609,977 8/1926 France. 754,129 8/ 1956 Great Britain.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner. 

1. IN A COMBINATION, AN UPPER ELEMENT COMPRISING A CHILD CARRYING UNIT, A SUPPORT CONSTITUTING AN INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT AND DISPOSED BELOW SAID UPPER ELEMENT, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID UPPER ELEMENT TO SAID SUPPORT, SAID SUPPORT COMPRISING TWO LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS INDICATING AN UPPER ARM AND A LOWER ARM AND AN END PORTION CONNECTING EACH OF THE FRONT ENDS AND THE REAR ENDS OF SAID ARMS TO FORM TWO LOOP MEMBERS DISPOSED IN UPWARDLY DIRECTED PLANES, AT LEAST ONE SPACING BAR DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID UPPER ARMS AND BETWEEN SAID LOWER ARMS, RESPECTIVELY, A LOWER ELEMENT COMPRISING A RUNNING GEAR AND INCLUDING LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL MEMBERS, SAID LOWER ARMS INCLUDING LONGITUDINALLY LATERALY CRANKED OUT PORTIONS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO AND SPACED APART FROM SAID PLANES FOR PERMITTING THE MOUNTING OF SAID SUPPORT IN SAID LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL MEMBERS, AND SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS RECEIVING RELEASABLY SAID LONGITUDINAL PORTIONS OF SAID LOWER ARMS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS. 